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Transporter 3 (Le Transporteur 3)

Transporter 3 (Le Transporteur 3)

Movie · 2008 · 9 people

Transporter 3 is the third film in the Transporter series and the last of its original trilogy, an English-language action thriller from France, the US and the UK. Olivier Megaton directs a script by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. Running 104 minutes, it grossed $112.9 million, the best of the trilogy.

Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, the professional driver who delivers parcels without questions and is back in France to carry on his quiet trade. He is pressured into a job he does not want: taking Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev, who heads the Ukrainian Environmental Protection Agency in Marseille, across Stuttgart and Budapest to Odessa on the Black Sea. Natalya Rudakova plays Valentina, Jeroen Krabbé her father, François Berléand Inspector Tarconi again and Robert Knepper Johnson. Frank must fend off both the people who forced the job and Vasilev's agents, and his sarcastic passenger makes things harder; surviving one deadly attack after another, the two grow close.

Eriq Ebouaney and Semmy Schilt also appear, with a score by Alexandre Azaria and production by EuropaCorp and TF1. It was the first film in the series not distributed in the United States by 20th Century Fox. It opened in Turkey on 26 December 2008; a 2015 reboot followed, titled The Transporter Refueled.

DirectorOlivier Megaton
Production companyEuropaCorp

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François Berléand François Berléand Actor · 74 years old Inspector Tarconi Robert Knepper Robert Knepper Actor · 67 years old Johnson Jason Statham Jeroen Krabbé Ériq Ebouaney Semmy Schilt David Atrakchi Natalya Rudakova Yann Sundberg

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Jason Statham behind the wheel, a road running from Marseille to Odessa: what more do you want? Frank Martin's cool head is still the heart of the series, and the deadly attacks never let the pace drop. His prickly passenger Valentina adds good friction to the tension. The story is thin and logic sometimes takes a holiday, but nobody comes to this series for that. No surprise it's the trilogy's biggest earner.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

This is an action film with plenty of violence. Deadly attacks and fights run from start to finish, so it isn't suitable for young children. The story of a kidnapped young woman may also bother some adults. Fast entertainment for teenagers and adults who love action. If you're looking for something the whole family can watch, pick something else.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Olivier Megaton's first outing as a director in the series, Transporter 3 faithfully repeats the familiar template of the Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen script: a rule-bound driver, a job he doesn't want, a troublesome passenger and attack after attack. The road-trip structure gives the story a natural sense of progression, yet stops like Stuttgart, Budapest and Odessa feel less like places than excuses for set pieces. The growing closeness between Frank and Valentina is the script's least convincing layer. Jason Statham holds the film up through sheer physical presence. The peak of the trilogy at the box office, but creatively it feels like the series' most tired instalment.

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